December 2010
Notable Figures From The Bronx →
From my neighborhood: Garry and Penny Marshall, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and Robert Klein. I’ve also heard stories about a house being shared near Bedford Park Blvd that housed the Coen Brothers, Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand, and Sam Raimi.
I can also vouch that Terry George (director of “Hotel Rwanda,” and twice-Oscar-nominated screenwriter for that movie and “In...
According to my record-keeping at Last.fm - this...
Splitsider: 46 Funny Things To Look Forward To In... →
Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl
SNOW →
Staten Island, ladies and gentlemen…
“I love the relationship that anyone has with music…because there’s...”
– Nick Hornby
WatchR.E.M. - “Indian Summer”
cover of Beat Happening song, “Hollow Man” b-side
“Realize the unlikely moments and make them special.”
– Josh Ritter
The Year Of Impact
Amazing.
This has been an amazing year. To call it “the greatest year of my life” would probably be an accurate thing, sure, but realistically, it would be a massive understatement of the highest order. From end to end, the year has been a series of gamechanging events that has left my life infinitely better. I can’t look back at the year and not be grateful for everything that...
Students.
Student: It costs 51 dollars? Why?
Me: Because the price of it is somewhere in between 50 dollars and 52 dollars.
“I want to get a t-shirt that features you punching a zombie.”
– One of my students, to me.
Me too, student. Meeeee tooooooo.
Will Leitch on Roger Ebert →
I don’t know how I missed this the first time around. Will Leitch - writer for New York Magazine, former editor of Deadspin.com - talks about Roger Ebert.
NPR: 50 Wonderful Things About 2010 →
WatchStephen Sondheim on Colbert.
I want to try to make this. →
“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.”
– ~Charles F. Kettering (via theimpossiblecool)
New York's 51 Best Cups Of Coffee →
It’s an addiction.
